West Michigan women's softball team still has some of its original members 40...
What comes to mind when you think about women playing baseball?You might think of Tom Hanks yelling “There’s no crying in baseball!” in the 1992 film "A League of their Own."Well there is a women’s...
View ArticleMuskegon officials considering port expansion
The Muskegon port could be expanded to accommodate for larger cargo. The port is one of the only naturally occurring deep water ports, which makes it ideal for bigger ships.The port could be used to...
View Article'Ditch Chicago - Come back to live in Michigan'
That’s the message of a new advertising campaign running through the holiday season.A group of West Michigan employers is behind the effort. More than forty business members make up the group called...
View ArticleIt’s the biggest bar night of the year – wouldn’t you love to move back to...
Tonight is the biggest bar night of the year, with many people visiting family and friends back home in Michigan. It’s a crowd employers in West Michigan are trying to reach. So they’re getting...
View ArticleEditorial pays homage to Pete Hoekstra
Representative Pete Hoekstra came into office in the 103rd Congress in 1993. He's going out in the 111th Congress at the end of this year.Hoekstra announced his retirement in December 2008 when he...
View ArticleVillage of Baldwin hopes a prison contract can revive the area
The tiny village of Baldwin is hoping a private prison contract bringing thousands of inmates from California to Michigan will help revitalize the area. Baldwin is 65 miles north of Grand Rapids.
View ArticleMore coyotes in West Michigan
Coyotes are opportunistic animals. They'll just as soon go after your cat as they would a rabbit in the wild.So if you live in an area where coyotes are abundant, you might see them as a...
View ArticleJob growth is expected in West Michigan, but Detroit will have higher wages
The data and numbers crunchers have been working away, trying to peer into the future to figure out what lies ahead for Michigan over the next 10 years in terms of jobs and pay.And the verdict:...
View ArticleStateside for Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014
There are 2,5000 dams in Michigan and more than 90% are going to hit or exceed their design life by 2020. On today's show: How concerned should we be about our aging dams, and is there the money and...
View ArticleIncentive OK'd for filming in southwest Michigan
NEW BUFFALO – A movie filming in southwestern Michigan has been approved for a state incentive.
View ArticleVeteran treasure hunter solves the last 'Wyoming Riddle'
I got some bittersweet news this morning.Bitter because after more than 30 years running, the last “Wyoming Riddler” treasure hunt is over. Sweet because one of the veteran hunters I followed to tell...
View ArticleRe-thinking creativity's role in education
It’s probably pretty stressful being a high school principal, for all kinds of reasons.But Eric Alburtus, principal of Portage Central High School, spends a big chunk of his time worrying about the...
View ArticleMusic event in West Michigan features 80 bands, 40 venues in one weekend
Using music to bring communities together and to help children discover music – that's the idea behind a new foundation called Walk The Beat.There's a big event coming up Saturday in Grand Haven,...
View ArticleSome question aggressive police tactics in West Michigan
Controversy over police force has hit not only Ferguson, Missouri but a small town in West Michigan as well.Some residents in Barry Township, Michigan are getting angry over the build-up of its police...
View ArticleHere are 10 West Michigan trails to explore this fall
The days are getting shorter, but don't resign yourself to settling in for a long, lazy season inside.One of Grand Rapids' greatest assets is the natural beauty that surrounds this mid-size city, with...
View ArticleWest Michigan economy in the middle of “significant turnaround”
The annual West Michigan Economic forecast was held today in Grand Rapids. Hari Singh is an economist at Grand Valley State University. He expects employment will increase 2% in the region this year .
View ArticleCourt says resident can challenge tribe's casino plans
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Wayland Township resident has the legal standing to sue to stop the development of a casino.The Gun Lake Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians recently announced their...
View ArticleImmigration bust in West Michigan
Update 4:41p.m.:77 people are in custody following a 4-day operation in West Michigan by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.Federal agents arrested the men and women in 7 counties;...
View ArticleDel Shannon's "Runaway" tops charts 50 years ago this week
Fifty years ago this week, "Runaway" by Del Shannon was the Number One song in the U.S.It was the first rock 'n' roll song by a West Michigan-born artist to hit the top.He was born in Grand Rapids, and...
View ArticlePalisades nuke plant restarts after week shutdown
Operators of the Palisades nuclear plant say they've restarted the power generator on the Lake Michigan shoreline after a one-week shutdown following a mechanical problem. Authorities say the plant...
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